Sunday, July 17, 2016

Baloch, known as Pakistan's Kim Kardashian murdered



Her Twitter account, with 41,000 followers, was active as of Friday morning, the day she was killed.
Earlier, Internet sensation Qandeel Baloch's brother confessed to murdering her by first drugging her and then strangling her to death. "Apparently it was an incident of honor killing", Sultan Azam, senior police officer in Multan, told AFP.Qandeel's brother had been reportedly threatening her to stop posting photos and videos on Facebook, police said, adding that her brother fled the scene after killing Qandeel.



Mrs Obaid-Chinoy's film was hailed by Pakistan's Prime Minister, Mr Nawaz Sharif, who in February vowed to push through anti-honour killing legislation"People are going insane - especially girls". We need to start making examples of people. Her documentary A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness won an Oscar earlier this year.In a high-profile stunt, she promised to strip should Pakistan beat India in a recent cricket match -- but as the BBC points out, Pakistan lost so we don't know what would have happened."She was killed because she said and did things that made people feel uncomfortable and angry", said Erum Haider, a Karachi native and PhD student at Georgetown University.In Facebook posts, Baloch, 26, spoke of trying to change "the typical orthodox mindset" of people in Pakistan."Died fighting stereotypes, taboos. a courageous and gusty woman", Twitter user Ayesha wrote. "She was a disgrace".Baloch was a controversial figure in Pakistan, whose "raunchy social media photos challenged social norms... in the traditional Muslim country where women are often repressed by their family or the community", reports Reuters.Nearly 1100 women were killed in Pakistan past year by relatives who believed they had dishonoured their families, according to the country's independent Human Rights Commission.Her father Mohammed Azeem told the newspaper that his daughter was fearless and that he would not forgive his son for the brutal killing.Pakistani Model #Fozia Azeem nick #Qandeel Baloch ko uske apne bhai ne qatal kr dya.She had come under pressure and threats from the public and her family to quit social media because of the perceived dishonourable behaviour. Five ambulances were also parked nearby. "As. women we must stand up for ourselves.we must stand up for each other.we must stand up for justice.

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